Filing rack



Feb; '19

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% OR E Patented Feb. 19, 1924-.

entree stares ZEMACH AUERIBAGH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FILING RACK.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 'I, ZEMAGI-I AUERBAGH, a citlzen of Russia, andresident of New York city. in the county of New fork and dex systemsemploying separate cards upon which memoranda and the like are kept forreference and other uses.

The object of my invention is to provide a rack or holder which willcontain a maximum number of cards or similar material in a minimumspace, such cards normally lying upon one another fiatwise with amarginal portion of each card exposed to view, the rack beingso arrangedthat it may be extendedin length to permit ready access to any card andmay be reduced in length when the cards are to he filed away forreference.

In carrying out my invention I provide a rack or framehaving a pluralityof members adapted to be moved with relation to one another, such astelescopically, in which a series of cards may be placed upon oneanother adapted to fill the rack from end to end when its'members areclosed or are in the short position, whereby when said members areextended with relation to one an other thecards may he slid along therack for access to any one of the cards, the arrangement being such thatwhen the members of the rack are pushed together they will cause thecards to slide back to the normal position of assembly.

My invention also comprises novel details of improvement that will bemore fully set forth hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

scale substantially on line 3,3, in-Fig. '1;

Fig. t is a detail of one of the clips for the cards; ,7

Application filed lviarch 15, 1923. Serial No. 625,287.

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Figs. 5- and 6 are *detailviews illustrating opposite sides of'a cardand attached clip; Fig. 7 is a detail of a-portion of acard; 'Fi 8 is aplan view illustrating therrack close d; p i

Fig. 9 is an enlarged'section onthe plane of line '9, 9, in Fig.'8; 1Fig. 10 is an enlarged detail cross section on line 10, 10, in Fig.8,and

Fig. 11 isa detailzperspective of enexof the cards.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts inthe severalviews;

The rack comprises two. main members, 1, 2 movably 'connectedtogetheradapted to contain a series of cards 3ifiatwise: upon one another withmarginal portio-ns exposed to View. The memberlof-the rackis showncomprising-a fiat base 1 havingspacedside walls or ribs'l -betaveenwhich the cards are located and guided, and a wall 4 atone end of thebase extending thereover betweenthe walls 1 adapted to coveradjacent-ends of cards'when the rack is closed. The Wallet extendsfrom'the end wall 1. To retain'the edge portions of the cards I-.-have.-show-n:

wires or bars 5 extending along-.and-within the walls 1 so that thesides ofrthecards will be beneath said wires. The wires may be attachedtothe rack inaany desired way. I have shownthe Wires joinedsubstantially in U-likeform at one'end of the-rack,- having the integralcross bar '5 at said end of the rack from which the wires .pass through2" of member2 is shown adapted .to slide beneaththe'base 1 of member 1(Figs..2 and 10), the outer end of memberQthaVing a transverse wall 2opposed to the transverse wall of 1 of member 1. Bypreference member 2has an interior ,wall QKthat will lie upon base l tocover the.-adj acentedge thereof,-so that the latter will notinterfere with the cards orthe,e1ips thereon when the members 1, 2 areslid: relatively-i110 oneanother. The members 1,.2mey beinade of sheet metal bent and folded inthe manner illustrated, whereby the base 1, side walls 1", end wall 1and outer wall 4 may be in a single piece of metal, and the base 2 Walls2 2 and 2 are folded from a piece of metal, as shown in Fig. 2. The wall2 is shown formed by a folded portion of the metal. Side walls 2 areprowided with means to guide them along the walls 1 of member 1telescopically, for which purpose I have shown the inner ends of thewalls 2 provided with laterally disposed projections 2 to overlie thecorresponding edges of the walls 1 whereby with the walls 2 outside ofthe adjacent parts of walls 1", the base 2 beneath the base 1 and theprojections 2 'over the walls 1", the members 1 and'2 are slidablyconnected together. I provide means to limit the outward movement ofmember 2 relatively to member 1. In the example illustrated the wires 5at their end portions adjacent to memberv 2 are bent or extendedoutwardly at 5 in the path of the projections 2 so that the latter willabut against the parts 5 when member 2 is I pulled out to its limit.

The arrangement described is such that a series of cards 3 may be placedwithin the rack, extending itsfull length when the card may beinspected, written upon or removed and replaced, (see Fig.2). When thecards are to be replaced for storage it is merely necessary to pushmember 2 in wardly with respect to member 1 and thereupon wall 2 willpush all the cards together to the normal or closed position, asillustrated in Fig. 8.

By the means described the length of the'rack may be relatively shortwhen not in use and may be extended when the cards are to be used,thereby providing for a rela tively large number of cards in a normallyrelatively short space, as distinguished from racks heretofore proposed,as known to me, wherein a space is maintained between an end of the rackand the next adjacent card to enable the series of cards to he slidalong the rack for access to the cards, which produces a rack longerthan necessary for a corresponding number of cards.

The cards may be of any desired or usual form. In order to provide meansto slide the cards manually along the rack without --'requ1'r1ng thecards to be manipulated by engagement therewith, as well as to protectthe edges of the cards and to space and mterengage them to slide themalong the rack when the member 8 is pushed inwardly along member 1, Iprovide cards with'interengaging clips along their exposed marginal por:tion. I have illustrated clips 8. having hook-like end members 8 adaptedto engage the edges of the cards and having projections or prongs 8extending laterally from the clips through the cards, whereby card byproviding the latter with slits at 3 cut in the cards to extend partlycrosswise and partly lengthwise adjacent to the edges of the cards, asillustrated in Fig. 7, whereby the projections 8 may be pushed throughthe cards at the slits8 and the adjacent edges of the cards may betucked under the members 8, the main bases of the clips being located onthe under sides of the cards.

When member 2 is pulled out the operator may push the cards along therack by engaging the projections 8, and when member 2 is ushed inwardlyits wall 2 will engage the outer edge of the adjacent card and thecorresponding projections 8 will engage the adjacent parts 8 of thesuccessive clips so as to slide the cards along the rack, one cardpushing another as required.

My improved index rack may be used singly or several of them may be keptin a cabinet in a customary way for use. The device is simple andrelatively cheap to manufacture, effective in use, saves time andreduces wear on the cards.

Having now described my invention what I claim is:

1. A rack for cards comprising two members slidably connected togetherand provided with opposing end walls to receive a series of cardstherebetween, and means to retain'the cards fiatwise in the rack.

2. A. rack for cards comprising two mem bers slidably connected togetherand provided with opposing end walls, means to limit endwise movement ofsaid members relatively to one another, and means to re tain cardsfiatwise in said members.

3. A rack for cards comprising two relatively movable members havingspaced side walls and opening end walls adapted to receive cardsfiatwise therebetween, means to limit outward endwise movement of saidmembers relatively to one another, and means to retain cards in saidmembers.

l A rack for cards comprising a memher having a base, spaced side wallsand an end wall, a second member having a base, side walls and an endwall, the base of one member being located along the base of the othermember, means slidably connecting said members together, means to limitoutward endwise movement of said members relatively to one another, andmeans to retain cards fiatwise in said members.

5. A rack for cards comprising a member having a base, spaced side wallsand an end wall, a wall extending over and spaced from said baseadjacent to its end wall, a second member having a base, side walls andan end wall, the base of one member being located along the base of theother member, means slidably connecting said members together, means tolimit outward endwise movement of said members relatively to oneanother, and means to retain cards fiatwise in said members.

6. A rack for cards comprising a member having a base, side walls and anend Wall, wires extending along said side walls and spaced from the baseto receive cards between the wires and the base, said member beingprovided with stops, a second member comprising a base, side walls andan end wall and having means slidably connecting it with the first-namedmember and to limit the outward movement of the second member along thefirst member, the end walls of said members opposing each other toreceive cards therebetween, whereby the end wall of the second-namedmember will push cards along the first-named member.

7. A card rack comprising a base provided with spaced side walls and anend Wall,

side walls and an end wall opposed to the first-named end wall, the sidewallsof the second member being provided with means cooperative with theside walls of the first member to retain said members in slidableengagement and adapted to engage said stops.

8. A card rack comprising amember having a base and walls to retaincards, a second member having a base, an end wall and a wall spaced fromthe base, the base of the first named member being received in the spacebetween the base and second-named wall of the second named member, andmeans to retain said members in slidable engagement.

9. A card having a clip provided with a hook-like member at one edge,and a lateral projection extending through the card, the outer end ofsaid projection being turned to extend over the card.

10. A card having a slit in combination ZEMACH AUERBACH.

